Game News Has MultiVersus become more popular than Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? The fighting game offers a huge record
Published on 08/22/2022 at 22:04
By compiling all the mascots of Warner Bros., we did not think that MultiVersus would cause such an earthquake in the world of fighting games. From there to say that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has something to worry about, we don’t know. But, one thing is certain: free-to-play is becoming extremely popular as the days go by and recent data shows a total success in barely a month!
Summary
- MultiVersus, the big free-to-play surprise of July
- Millions of dollars and millions of players
MultiVersus, the big free-to-play surprise of July
the memories, MultiVersus explode them with a vengeance. It’s very simple: since its launch on July 26, the free-to-play is unstoppable and it only took him a handful of days to rack up an absolutely staggering number of players. The days go by and the counters panic, especially since the fighting game has just launched his very first season and that the promises of new characters, confirmed or sources of wild rumorscome to titillate the curiosity of the players.
The latter were so tempted that we even saw free-to-play top the US charts by being crowned the best-selling game of the month of July, and this under the nose and beard of the planetary cardboard Elden Ring. With great purchases of Founders packs, players have achieved the feat of offering the gold medal of the most sold game to a title… free ! The software from Warner Bros. has not yet reached its first month of marketing that the game’s success continues to flourish. Just today, we learned that MultiVersus had taken a new step, testifying once again to its growing popularity.
Millions of dollars and millions of players
The rise of MultiVersus was dazzling, it’s undeniable. In the space of a few days, his popularity rating proved to be exponential, so much so that it only took him a week to double his number of players. And we are not talking about a passage from one to two million players, but a transition from 5 million fighting game followers to no less than 10 million competitors ! MultiVersus is undoubtedly the phenomenon of this summer, and word of mouth continues to establish the success of the title of Warner Bros. Today, in the course of an interview granted to VentureBeatwe learn that the total number of players breaks the ceiling to reach a staggering score.
It only took 28 days for MultiVersus reaches 20 million players and that’s David Haddad, the chairman of Warner. Bros Interactive Entertainment, which broke the good news. According to him, it’s the title’s engagement potential that earns it such popularity with the players. And he sees it: the players spend a lot of time on the game and many matches follow one another. It remains to be seen whether the title will be able to save this immense number of players: in the meantime, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate can sleep soundly.